Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Latest CAHSR happenings

Opponents decided to shift their focus south after the CA Supreme Court smacked them down.
Take #1: These NIMBYs just need to give up, and besides, the Tehachapi Route is the most important segment of not only the CAHSR route but passenger rail as well.

Meanwhile, the Chinese are getting serious about CAHSR.
Take #2: Where in the world are the Europeans? Where's DB? Where's Renfe? Where are the British operators?

Take: This is probably the only way to do this project because there are no signs of the federal government stepping in to give more money to any passenger rail projects outside of TIGER. The most important thing is restoring that missing link between Norlina and Petersburg.

Speaking of North Carolina and Virginia...

The light rail projects in the Triangle and Norfolk are advancing to the next stages.
Take: At least, there's some type of advancement going on. Now, all eyes are on the southeastern portion of the Triangle.

Friday, October 24, 2014

I do seem to remember that there was some controversy a few years ago over whether Union Station or the Santa Fe Depot should be used for a multimodal transit hub, and as it turns out, the latter won out as tracks that served the former were torn out when I-40 was rerouted.

The current Hoosier State route will
be moved to another timeslot, renumbered #315 & #316, and converted to
daily status. #317 & #318 will be an added standalone frequency.F-Flag stopLong Term

Name of Operator

Train Name

Train Number

CorrCap

Hoosier State

101

CorrCap

Hoosier State

151

CorrCap

Hoosier State

103

CorrCap

Hoosier State

153

Amtrak

Cardinal

50

Days of Operation

Daily

Daily

Daily

Daily

TuThSa

Chicago-Union
Sta. CT

19:15

Chicago-Millennium
Sta.

7:15

10:00

13:15

16:00

Dyer

7:50

10:35

13:50

16:35

19:50

Renesslear

8:40

11:25

14:40

17:25

20:40

Lafayette
ET

10:40

13:25

16:40

19:25

22:40

Crawfordsville

11:10

13:55

17:10

19:55

Indianapolis

12:00

14:45

18:00

20:45

23:59

12:05

14:50

18:05

20:50

0:20

Louisville

16:45

22:45

Cincinnati

14:40

20:40

2:55

Name of Operator

Train Name

Train Number

Amtrak

Cardinal

51

CorrCap

Hoosier State

152

CorrCap

Hoosier State

102

CorrCap

Hoosier State

154

CorrCap

Hoosier State

104

Days of Operation

MoThSa

Daily

Daily

Daily

Daily

CincinnatiET

2:50

12:00

18:00

Louisville

8:30

14:30

Indianapolis

5:25

11:35

14:35

17:35

20:35

6:00

11:40

14:40

17:40

20:40

Crawfordsville

12:25

15:25

18:25

21:25

Lafayette

7:15

12:55

15:55

18:55

21:55

Renesslear
CT

7:15

12:55

15:55

18:55

21:55

Dyer

8:05

13:45

16:45

19:45

22:45

Chicago-Millennium
Sta.

14:25

17:25

20:25

23:25

Chicago-Union
Sta.

8:45

The Hoosier Corridor will relocate to
Millennium Station since the connecting track is already in place at Harvey
Junction. Once there are more roundtrips,
the Hoosier State’s numbers will be changed to reflect Corridor Capital’s
operation. Also, the expanded schedule reflects track improvements laid out by
All Aboard Ohio and improved Indianapolis-Louisville times.

Stations

·All stations
currently unstaffed will be handled by CorrCap

·Columbus, IN
will be the only stop between Indianapolis and Louisville

·Joint Amtrak-CorrCap
stations will be Lafayette, Indianapolis, and Cincinnati

·In the
future, Amtrak may change its stops to receive/discharge only between Chicago
and Indianapolis and skip the CorrCap stations with the exceptions of Dyer and
Connersville

·Also note that the current shelter in Crawfordsville will be replaced by an actual station and that Amtrak will skip it once Corridor Capital expands service